You two were fighting, and somehow I ended up getting killed!

What did those words mean?

"The incompetent sitting in high positions will drag everyone down into the abyss with them?"

Although on the surface it seemed he was referring to the director of the Law Enforcement Bureau, anyone with a sharp eye could see that he was clearly talking about...

At this thought, everyone's gaze turned simultaneously toward the person in the seat of honor.

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Sun Xiang's face darkened. As he watched Lieutenant General Mu's departing back, waves of fury surged within his heart.

He had to deal with him as soon as possible. He was already daring to openly oppose him now; dragging this out would only leave him more vulnerable, and things would be difficult to resolve, even if the other party was only a Lieutenant General!

However, his prestige within the military already rivaled that of a General. Furthermore, his father had been a General; although he had passed away many years ago, it was precisely because of this connection that Sun Xiang had not dared to do anything to him until now.

One wrong move could trigger a chain reaction; if he wanted to make a move against him, his father's former subordinates would not stand for it, and it was hard to say what uncontrollable events might occur.

This matter could not be handled openly; it had to be done in the shadows, and he couldn't use his own people.

With that thought, he looked up at the group and said in a deep voice, "Lieutenant General Mu makes a good point. Let the Law Enforcement Bureau handle Hydra. I'll give you three days. If you can't resolve it, those who need to retire should do so; consider it an opportunity for those with actual capability. Dismissed."

Hearing this, the people present harbored various thoughts, while the director of the Law Enforcement Bureau was completely dumbfounded.

He thought to himself, 'No way, you two are the ones fighting, why am I the one who ends up dead!'

Although he thought this, he didn't dare to object; after all, on the surface, Hydra was indeed a criminal organization.

But just thinking about the death of Kai Mingzhi made his skin crawl.

Suicide out of fear of punishment?

What kind of international joke is that? Hopefully, he wouldn't end up committing 'suicide out of fear of punishment' himself; that would be a farce.

After everyone left the conference hall, Sun Xiang pondered for a moment before rising to leave.

Once he returned home, he immediately took his phone into his study and shifted the bookshelf on the wall, revealing a brightly lit passage—clearly a secret room.

He glanced toward the door, then turned and entered the secret room.

The secret room wasn't large, but it was fully equipped. He poured himself a cup of coffee, picked up his phone, entered a special number, and dialed.

Within three seconds, an AI voice came through the phone.

"Welcome to the Dark Web. Please state your business."

"Help me contact Pyramid!"

"Understood, please wait!"

"Who is the target?"

A moment later, a hoarse voice came from the other end of the line. Although it was still devoid of emotion, at least it wasn't an AI.

"Lieutenant General Mu of Vietnam!"

"Five hundred million us dollars!"

"Accepted!"

Beep... The call was disconnected. Sun Xiang was momentarily bewildered; the entire process had been devoid of any unnecessary chatter, and he didn't even know how to pay the commission.

Five hundred million us dollars was no small sum, but for him, it was trivial.

He had only heard of the assassin organization Pyramid by chance. It seemed to have just emerged; although it was a new organization, it had never failed a mission to date.

As long as they accepted a contract, no matter who the target was, the mission would be completed.

Most importantly, they were elusive; no one could contact them directly. To reach Pyramid, one had to go through the Dark Web as an intermediary.

Just as his thoughts drifted, a text message arrived containing an account number and three short words: Pyramid!

He didn't doubt its authenticity for a second; after all, not many people could send such a message to his phone.

After transferring the commission, he didn't linger in the secret room and quickly returned to his study.

As for whether Pyramid would take the money and not do the job? He wasn't worried about that. For five hundred million us dollars, surely they wouldn't sacrifice their reputation, right?

Meanwhile, at the military district! Inside Lieutenant General Mu's office, his phone suddenly rang. Lieutenant General Mu's brow twitched when he saw it. Not many people had his private number; in the past, he would have been happy about this.

Because it might have been a call from his wife or son. But then he remembered that his wife was someone else's mistress, and his son was someone else's child.

This couldn't help but make him feel a sense of loneliness. He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unknown number.

"Hello, who is this? How did you get my number?"

However, the next second, a chuckle came from the other end of the line: "Lieutenant General Mu, it's me!"

The familiar voice instantly made him realize the identity of the speaker.

"Nameless Pawn? Oh, sorry, you never told me your name. Do you need something?"

"Indeed I do. Our people received intelligence that your enemy has hired an assassin from Pyramid. The target is you."

Lieutenant General Mu's face darkened upon hearing this. "Damn bastard, he can't even wait that long?"

An enemy? His greatest enemy right now was that man—the one who sent a mistress to monitor him and even fathered a son with her. Just thinking about it made him so furious he almost laughed.

He had merely refused to give him face at the meeting just now, and already he wanted his life?

He didn't know much about the assassin organization Pyramid; after all, he didn't concern himself with such things. Surely they couldn't infiltrate the military district to assassinate him, right?

"You don't need to worry. It's just Pyramid; there's nothing to be afraid of. Although they have never failed and are all top-tier assassins, and can even kill without a trace, in front of us at S.H.I.E.L.D., they are nothing but clowns."

"Rest assured, you are one of our own at S.H.I.E.L.D. Anyone who wants to kill you is simply showing their ignorance of the true heights of the world. We will help you eliminate this trouble, but the organization has no need for cowards. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lieutenant General Mu stood up and paced back and forth upon hearing this. After deep thought, he said, "Give me some time. I need to make some preparations. Killing him is easy, but achieving my goal is a bit difficult. Those guys might be useless, but they aren't just for show; they won't sit idly by and watch me take that position."

"That's simple enough. There is an ancient Eastern saying: 'Purge the ruler's side to pacify the nation's crisis.' As a Lieutenant General whose father was a General who died in the line of duty, if your colleagues found out that someone dared to hire an assassin to kill you, who do you think they would side with? As for the others, who ends up on which side will be entirely up to you. Those who achieve great things do not sweat the small details."

Lieutenant General Mu was stunned upon hearing this. 'You can even play it like that?'

So this is the Nameless Pawn of S.H.I.E.L.D.?